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U.K. Suffers High Death Toll Despite Massive Spending to Combat Covid

by Will Jones
4 October 2021 7:00 AM

There follows a guest post by a subeditor and long-time Daily Sceptic reader who is keeping his identity anonymous. He has spotted that spectacular healthcare spending and impressive vaccination rates have not brought the U.K. obvious rewards against Covid. (Sweden is highlighted in the graph above because, by imposing the fewest restrictions, it is the closest Europe has to a control.)

Recent figures for European countries from the World Mortality Dataset, depicted in the graph above, reveal that island nations have fared particularly well during the pandemic: Iceland, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta have all recorded low levels of excess deaths. However, there is one noteworthy exception – the U.K.

In fact, even the third poorest country in Europe, Kosovo, riven by war in the late 1990s, and only an independent state since 2008, has performed better. This is despite the Balkan country having, per capita, a fraction of our health service facilities, staff and expertise.

The double-vaccination rate in Kosovo, currently 30% of the population, is a long way behind the U.K. on 66%.

Excess mortality is widely regarded as the best measure of a country’s success in coping with a prolonged health crisis, such as a bad flu season, as it allows for differing evaluations of the causes of death, notably whether they have been ‘with’ or ‘of’ Covid, and disregards arbitrary time limits, such as within 28 days of a positive PCR test. All other deaths, such as those brought on by lockdown measures, are also, of course, included in these statistics.

This evidence shows that spending billions of pounds above normal on health services and staff, and enticing a large proportion of a population to get vaccinated, do not necessarily correlate with a lower number of deaths.

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Bill H
Bill H
4 years ago

Unbelievable hypocrisy, Yet they seem to just get away with it.

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RickH
RickH
4 years ago

I’m afraid that even the charitable diagnosis of ignorance or mental illness doesn’t work as an excuse for child abuse. Munchausan’s Syndrome or simple abuse by proxy – same thing. There needs to be protection against it.

Safeguarding requires that both Scottish and UK governments are stripped of their powers to abuse minors, and parents and teachers need to be de-programmed.

There also needs to be awareness that this is far more widespread and affects far more children than the traditional images of abuse that (allegedly) horrifies people.

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The Dark Lord
The Dark Lord
4 years ago

in 3 … 2 …. 1 …. “you just want kids to die I guess” ….

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Jo Starlin
Jo Starlin
4 years ago

“It’s estimated that 500,000 people in the UK have long covid” according to Channel 4 Dispatches.

Who the fuck by? Is there no end to the utter, utter shit these people will spout?

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RickH
RickH
4 years ago
Reply to  Jo Starlin

“Is there no end to the utter, utter shit these people will spout?”

If there is, it’s nowhere in sight yet. Mass hypochondria rules!

There was a time when Dispatches challenged the establishment rather than acted as another arm of propaganda.

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ScepticSteve
ScepticSteve
4 years ago

I support mandatory masks, handcuffs, ball and chains, and a dungeon.

For Johnson, Hancock, Whitty, Vallance, Ferguson, etc., after their televised trials.

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LockScep
LockScep
4 years ago

The article says this is mandatory – is there a link to that law? Believe the guidance might imply that it is, but last secondary legislation specifically exempted schools.

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Marmalade
Marmalade
4 years ago

Face masks are not mandatory anywhere, there are exemptions that apply, no proof required.

I do hope at least some young people have the backbone to make a stand against this. Set yourself free!

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